Just when Zhao Jiaren's attention was attracted by the huge impetus of the banknote, the military department sent a telegram. Zhao Guanjia couldn't help but laugh after seeing it.

Liu Meng, the secretary of the Ministry of Etiquette, who discussed this matter with Zhao Jiaren. The discussion in which Shang Shu, who was about to become a scholar, was involved in the discussion of personal income and the impact of clear management on officials, and when he saw Zhao Jiaren smiling happily, he couldn't help but want to lean over and take a look. Zhao Jiaren didn't hide his selfishness, he smiled and pushed the telegram to Liu Meng, and then several other Shangshu and ministers who attended the meeting came over to see it.

The telegram was sent by Li Yun, the newly appointed commander of the Hebei Theater. It is said that the prime minister of the Mongol expedition to the eastern province, that is, the king of Goryeo sent an envoy to Dadu, claiming that he was willing to make friendship with the Great Song Dynasty by conquering the eastern province. and hinted that if the Great Song could further defeat the Mongols in Liaodong, Goryeo was willing to submit to the Great Song.

Li Yun replied briskly, "I am the commander of the Hebei Theater, and you are the prime minister of the Eastern Province of the Mongolian Expedition." It is a capital sin to make peace between the two. And if you are unfaithful to the Lord, do you still have shame? In addition to this harshly worded letter, Li Yun also sent the Goryeo envoy to the Mongolian side.

After Liu Meng read it, he thought about it a little and laughed out loud. But the civil servants either don't know what's interesting about it, or don't find it funny at all.

Zhao Jiaren put away his smile and said with satisfaction: "Li Yun is polite and courteous. When he returned, I wanted to treat him to a drink. ”

"Official, can I tell Li Hongjun this?" Liu Meng laughed.

With the retirement age of 50, although the age of senior officials is actually set at a maximum of 55 years old, Li Hongjun, the first to join Zhao Jiaren's 'school class president', has also become a senior officer. As Li Hongjun's most important son, I think Zhao Jiaren's praise of Li Yun can make Li Hongjun happy.

Wen Tianxiang didn't laugh, he just said: "This is too child's play." ”

"Goryeo is not my family of the Great Song Dynasty, but a domestic slave of Mongolia. As a contradiction between friend and foe, he should have played him, and Li Yun did a good job. Zhao Jiaren replied.

As soon as they heard about the contradictions between the enemy and us, the ministers stopped talking nonsense. Zhao Guanjia is not a cruel person, but the enemy can always make Zhao Jiaren show his most ruthless and unsuccessful side. Li Yun's approach is obviously the same. Hebei is the territory of Mongolia, and when they evacuated Hebei, they still slaughtered on a large scale. Now that the Great Song Dynasty has not invaded Liaodong, and the news of Goryeo's collusion with the Great Song Dynasty is sent to the Mongols, Mongolia, which can easily enter and exit Goryeo, will probably not let go of Goryeo so easily.

"Isn't there a saying that the enemy of an enemy is a friend?" Wen Tianxiang asked.

As soon as these words came out, Zhao Jiaren snorted coldly. Such a view was once prevalent in New China, and as a result, many people felt that hitting two sticks at the same time was the best way to reflect on it. An enemy of an enemy is not necessarily an enemy, and a friend of a friend is not necessarily a friend. From a materialist point of view, it is seeking truth from facts. To borrow a phrase from the British, it is that 'there are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies between nations, only eternal interests'.

Perhaps in the eyes of the king of Goryeo, the enemy of the Great Song was only Mongolia. However, in Zhao Jiaren's view, the so-called expedition to the east has already encroached on the old land of China. Zhao Jiaren was relatively supportive of China's view of 'survival and extinction', and he was able to accept the existence of Goryeo, but only the Goryeo that owned the land of the three Hans of the Tang Dynasty. From this point of view, at this time, the king of Goryeo, who was the prime minister of the Mongol expedition to the eastern province, really did not understand that he was also an enemy of the Great Song Dynasty now.

Liu Meng didn't want the meeting to be interrupted, he just said, "I originally thought that fighting was just fighting each other, but after talking about the original face of issuing banknotes this time, I found out that the original face of war was what Zhao Guanjia had said a long time ago." War is a continuation of politics. ”

This was immediately met with the approval of the ministers. To their extent, the degree of feeling for this famous quote resonates even more, that war is nothing more than the continuation of politics by another means, that war always arises in a certain political situation, and that it can only be caused by some political motives.

When the Great Song Dynasty had the advantage of war, the important ministers who were no longer short-sighted were finally able to see the world with some broader eyes under the leadership of the Zhao official family. That's when the huge economic push comes into play. Wen Tianxiang nodded slightly, and what came to mind was the reason for the Northern Expedition that Zhao Jiaren had clearly said a long time ago. That is to 'make Henan a safe hinterland'.

In the past, Wen Tianxiang even suspected that this was an excuse made up by people with bad intentions, how could the vigorous Northern Expedition be based on such a humble and snobbish reason. But now it seems that such a "humble snobbish" reason is the most persuasive. The people on the vast Huanghuai Plain live and work in peace and contentment, and there is no need to garrison heavy troops and consume so much food and wages.

"Don't take the conversation off the rails. We still can't grasp the impact of currency on the entire Great Song Dynasty, so we need to determine the basis point, carefully observe, and record carefully. Don't panic when you encounter problems, and don't be in a hurry. We have to look at the problem with a way of thinking and see if we can improve ourselves to touch the inner essence through the phenomena and the surface. ”

Zhao Ruoshui, who was Zhao Jiaren's temporary secretary, couldn't help but cover his mouth with the back of his hand and yawn a little. She recently read a book late, so she was a little sleepy during the day. And when he thought of the essence of seeing through the phenomenon that his father said, Zhao Ruoshui felt that the experience that needed to be accumulated was stressful.

The reaction of the other important ministers was not much better. Although Zhao Jiaren's materialist dialectics has too many deficiencies, for these important ministers of the Song Dynasty, it is still a theoretical level that can make them feel the high mountains. This philosophy pulls them out of an idealistic system of thought and elevates them to the realm of materialism. Even if they are surrounded by strangers, they will not panic inexplicably. To the extent of this group, it is precisely this height that they need most. However, they do not have Zhao Jiaren's knowledge and insight, and it is so easy to climb to this height.

"Official, I still don't understand this textile future." Sun Qing, the head of the household, raised the question that he felt was the most important.

"Futures are, to put it bluntly, an expectation of the future, based on a summary of existing intelligence. This also requires a good management of the production process. The first thing is to distinguish the production process clearly, that is, everyone must understand what is called means of production and what is called productivity......" Zhao Jiaren continued. The silk price problem this time is, to some extent, a money supply problem, but it is not all. Therefore, Zhao Jiaren is ready to start the futures market to make adjustments.

Because theoretically, the contractual system that the futures market is far away from is not evil in itself. The principle of futures is that farmers sign a contract with the buyer to advance a part of the production funds, and the delivery price of the futures product will be lower than the previous spot market price. This contract was made because the peasants had to pay interest to their creditors if they borrowed money to buy the means of production and hire labor. The use of futures mode saves this interest expense.

For unpredictable reasons, any contract is risky, and in addition to natural disasters, human beings themselves are really vulnerable to temptation. The futures market should have been well intentioned, but since its establishment, this market has coexisted with all kinds of fraud and evil. Even so, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but let this existence out.

After listening to the introduction, those who understood it were impressed that the design was very good, or they were very worried about how to punish the violators. After all, the public power of the state is still too weak. Liu Meng, as a minister of the dragon, was closer to Zhao Jiaren, so he still couldn't hold back at this time, and said: "If Xiong Shangshu knew that his private request had caused such a big movement, I don't know what he would think." ”

The speed of news in the upper layer is very fast, and there are many smart people, Xiong Sheng privately asked Zhao Guanjia to help him solve the silk smashed in his hand, and many people know about it. Zhao Jiaren sneered after hearing this, "Hmph! The official family has no selfish affairs. ”

These words seemed to hit the hearts of these people hard. Even if he is generous and heroic, he does not dare to answer. Theoretically, the official family represents the national society, and there should indeed be no private affairs. However, in the face of a selfless human being, everyone instinctively feels fear.

After being silent for a while, Liu Meng laughed dryly, "Hehe, I'm talking nonsense." However, no one paid attention to him, and Liu Meng could only speak without speaking.

Wen Tianxiang took the opportunity to say: "Official, is this futures limited to silk?" ”

Zhao Jiaren responded: "Hmm." Let's limit ourselves to silk for now, and at most add cotton. In addition, it also needs the cooperation of relative business newspapers. ”

"This is the duty of our household." Sun Qing immediately came out to make a statement. The benefits in this are huge, and Sun Shangshu knows it very well. The MSA has the ability to sell 100,000 copies of each issue of the Maritime Business Daily, and the various information behind it is of great value. As far as Sun Qingshangshu knows, only a few people from the Maritime Safety Bureau have suffered losses in the fluctuation of silk prices this time, and most of them have sold out the silk in their hands at relatively high prices. As for the few damaged guys, they are all guys who use information to toss silk. The big dealers behind the flippers are making a lot of money. Thinking of this, Sun Qing looked at Qi Ye, the director of the Great Song General Money Village. There are many rumors and legends that Qian Zhuang is a big dealer behind all kinds of inversions. But Qian Zhuang is always silent about this.

"Yes." Zhao Jiaren agreed to Sun Qing's request. He continued: "This thing is going to go first. We'll see how far the situation north of the Yangtze River will go this year. ”